Ellipsis
Assignment 3

The following are a lot of examples that bear on a theory of the identity
condition for VP Ellipsis.

(1)a	John likes flying planes, and Bill does too.
   b	Betsy divulged when Bill promised to call me, and Sandy did too.
   c	The chickens are ready to eat, and the children are too.

(2)a	Paul was hassled by the police, and Norma was too.
   b	Betsy seems to me to be unhappy, and Sandy does too.

(3)a	The steak is ready to eat, and the chicken is ready to too.
   b	*Peter is easy to talk to, and Betsy is easy to too.
   c	*Peter is ready to give up, and Betsy is ready to too.

(4)a	The steak is ready to eat, and the chicken is too.
   b	Peter is easy to talk to, and Betsy is too.
   c	Peter is ready to give up, and Betsy is too.

(5)	Someone admires everyone, and Bill does too.

(6)a	Betsy greeted everyone when Sandy did.
   b					  greeted everyone.
   c					  greeted him/her/them.

(7)A:	What was Harry taking a picture of?
   B:   A gnu.
   A:  *What was Tom?

(8)	*What Betsy saw was Topkapi, and what peter did was South Pacific.

(9)	I read everything you did.

(10)a	Betsy wants Peter to read everything that Alan wants him to read.
    b						       does.

    cB:	Sandy does too.
    dB: *Sandy wants him to too.

(11)a	Sam claimed he was taller than he was
    b	and Bill did too.
    c	and Bill claimed he was too.

(12)	John scratched his arm, and Bill did too.

(13)a	Alan said Betsy hit him, and Peter did too.
    b					   said she did too.

Pay particular attention to ambiguities, and absences of ambiguity.

On the basis of this, what can you say about the identity condition for
VP Ellipsis?